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S. TUH.

HEAD GOVERING. 110,446,762. Patented Feb. 17,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

siMoN rrUcH, or NEW-YORK, N. Y.

HEAD-COVERING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,762, dated February17, 1891.

Application filed December 2, 1890. Serial No. 373,313. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern:

Beit known thatl, SIMON TU CH, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved I-Iead-Covering, of which thefollowing is a full, clear,'and exact description.

rl`he object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedhead-covering, more especially designed for childrens and ladies use,and adapted to be readily changed into different shapes without undoingor separating any of the parts.

The invention consists of certain parts and details, and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofvthis specification,

' in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. Qis a like viewof the saine in a different shape, and Fig. 3 is an inverted perspectiveview of the improvement previous to putting the several parts intoproper shape. The improved head-covering is provided with the twoprincipal parts, the body or 'frame A, and the covering B. The body orframe A is made in the shape of a cap, of a size to correspond to thehead of the wearer, and provided on opposite sides with bands or ribbonsC for tying or fastening the hat to the head. On` the front of the bodyis placed an ornament D, of any desired shape, form, or material, ahunched ruching being, however, preferred. The covering B is made in theshape of a disk, and provided with a series of pliable stays E, sewed inwelts F, formed in the material of the covering. The outermost stays arepreferably arranged in circles; but l do not limit myself to thisparticular form. The spaces intervening between the welts are preferablyformed into small folds so as to give the entire head-covering anornamental appearance. 'lhe disk is of considerably greater diam eterthan the cap-shape body, and is first secured centrally on the top ofthe cap-shape body, as plainly illustrated in Fig. l. Part of the diskis bent over onto the side and rear of the cap-shape body and fastenedthereon, the front, however, extending beyond and over the ornament D.The pliable stays E permit of bending this projecting part of thecovering into any desired shape, so as to vary the appearance of thehat, as desired, some of the forms being illustrated in Figs. l and 2.Thus the head covering can be readily changed without detaching orseparating any of the parts.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. As a new article of manufacture, a headcovering comprising a cap-likebody, and an outer covering having pliable stays and extending over thetop and part of the sides of the body and secured thereto, a portion ofthe said covering projecting outward away from the side of the body, andadapted by reason of its pliable stays to be flared or bent to vary theappearance of the article, substantially as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a headcovering comprising a cap-likebody provided on one side with an ornament, of a disk-like outercovering secured centrally to the top of the body and around its sidesto the ornament, and flared outward over said ornament, said outercovering having a series of pocketlikev welts and pliable stays withinsaid welts to permit of varying the appearance of the article,substantially' as set forth.

SIMON TUCH. lVitnesses:

THEo. G. HosTER, E. M. CLARK.

